Ames Semi Centennial Celebrated at Iowa State College Site
Ames marked the semicentennial of the Iowa State College site with a 20 000 strong gathering from Story and Boone counties. The day featured an automobile parade, a stock show, speeches by Hon. John A Hull and others, and historic readings, with attendees recounting 1859 events and a tribute to Kate Shelley.
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Boone
Story
Iowa State College
Ames
Great College
John Lanning
Attos
Ben Edwards
Daniel McCarthy
Kate Shelley
Huxley
O. H. Cessna
Albert B. Storms
Boone Counties
Town
Brdna D. Williams
Madrid
Hull
John A. Hull
Dean Curtiss
Old Settlers
C. B. Lucas
Boone County
W. O. Payne
Nevada
Story County Advocate
Payne
N. B. Brunning
Benjamin Brunning
Hawkeye
A Ge
Boonsboro
Pennsylvania
C. J. A. Ericson
Mineral Ridge
Wm. Larrabee
Clermont
Iowa
U. S
Jonathan P. Dolliver
Albert B. Cummins
A. F. Dawson
Ss. EB. Piskett
G. N. Haugen
Jas. W. Good
N. KE. Kendall
John A. PT. Hall
Frank P. Woods
B. F. Carroll
Frank D. Jackson
Jas. H. Trewin
Iowa Educational Board of State Institutions
Geo. E. MacLean
State University
H. H. Secrely
State Normal College
Benj. F. Shambaugh
Iowa State Historical Society
Iowa City
BE. R. Harlan
State Historical Dept
Des Moines
Ole Nelson
Slater
E. G. Leffler
M. D
Marshalltown
J. A. Preskley
Public
John F. Riggs
Roger Leavitt
Iowa Educational Board
Adjutant General of
Guy E. Logan
A. R. Amos
C. L. Wilder
Col
G. W. Crossley
Webster City
John M. Brainard
Ames Voters to Decide Fate of City Electric Plant
Citizens of Ames will vote next Monday on selling or retaining the municipal electric light plant. The article argues the plant has paid its costs, but notes capacity limits and rising city needs, urging decisive action either to sell to Col Pratt or to fund upgrades through taxes for better service.
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Ames
The
Intelligencer
Murphy
Parley Sheldon’s
Munn & Son
Baptist Church
B. Campbell
Boone
Col. Pratt
Tier
Campbell
Col Pratt
Campus Fourth of July sports page details varied results
The afternoon program covered baseball scores Gilbert 3 Ames 1 Story City 190 Jewell 0 and Story City 8 Gilbert 0. Races included 100 yd dash 10 2 8 sec winner Creen, 50 yd dash Hicks, Fat Men's race Pettit, married women race led by Mrs Walkey, little girls race Marty Morrissey, Nordskog won standing high kick, potato race Wilson Lambert Swanson, greased pig intrigue, horseshoe champs Bert Carr and Bryant Montgomery, cavalry drills led by Merrill Shea Warren McDonald Byron Knapp Carl Ringgenberg Walter Morris and Barclay Noble with plans for an exhibition drill in September.
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Gilbert
Ames
Story City
Jewell
Creen
Guy Lambert
Wilson
Hicks
Erb
Dunham
Mr. Pettit
Sarsfield
Stewart
Fred Walkey
Hunter
Belcher
Marty Morrisey
Gladys Nicholas
Gladys Ricketts
Nordskog
Lambert
Swanson
Lewis Clark
Dixon
Bert Carr
Bryant
Montgomery
Merrill Shea
Warren McDonald
Byron Knapp
Carl Ringgenberg
Lincoln
Walter Morris
Glen Morris
Barclay Noble
General Lincoln
M. E
Old Settlers List Honors Ames Pioneers of 1800s
A compiled roll highlights numerous early residents and arrivals to Ames and surrounding towns. Names include Mrs. J. J. Coon Ames 1856, Edna Crossley Webster City 1854, Col. G. W. Crosley Webster City 1856, others linked to Boone, Nevada, Cambridge and Story City with birth years and residence years ranging mid 1800s to 1890s.
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J. Emery
H. E. Emery
Cooper
Toledo
Iowa
Pour
H. Cessna
Ames
H. Boyes
Howard Township
George Hoyet
Es Lattam
Dean
F. Brown
Story City
H. Craig
Ontario
Col
G. W. Cros
Smay
Nevada
Ite
A. B. French
John McCartnay Cole
Rk. P
Sheffield
Hye
H. K. Webt
Cambree Ae. Nn
H. Ferroe
G. W. Kelly
Jets
H. M. Favre
Boone
Sarah Meanry Trites
Colo
S. BE. Dixon
Ogden
J. J. Coon
Naoma McCartney
J. Miller
Tong Ciley
Ae Margaret eCall Parks
Mary Elliott
Martha Presnell
Sam
Statler
H. F. Ferguson
Martha Ballard
L. D. Payne
J. J. Siverson
Cambridge
J. N. Briley
al Keltner
W. R. Mason
John J. Willie
Des Moines
E. Purvis
H. ©. DeFore
J. A. Fitchpatrick
H. H. Boyes
Roland
Seers Jones
Jones
HW "Beedle
H. C. Barnes DeFore
HK Devere
Thomps
Abby WN
Alvina Arrasmith
Lucy Cox
Ed Adams
Are. Rosetti Simmons
P. Fitch
T Cc. Osborn
Alonzo J. i
J. F. Snowden
J. BR. Grove
Alwiider Doowee
Robt
J. Campbell
Adi
R. R
Taf Bunge
B. Head
Thomas Creed
Lowa
N. Williams
Kelley
H. O. Hendrickson
Sheidahl
Sarah Hendrickson
Ci Lu. Wilder
Rs. C. L. Wilder
P. M. Peterson
Cc J. A. Ericson
Boon
John N. Scott
Sheldahl
I. S&s
Luella M. Crooks
Belle M. Miller
Mary Edwards Parks
Eben Stuart
Co. W. Mecaskey
P. C. McCain
Coto
Lizzie Ward
Eawin B. Howard
G RR. Brown
Boone County
Thos. C. Miller
B. Peterson
A. G. Larson
A. V. Eklund
Huxley
Lewis Beshow
Ww. J. Veneman
Martha Alderman
Marion Smith
Mertie Kooser
M. Cc. Allen
Mire
Ay Connell
T .F. Jones
Tt. B. Holmes
EK. Posegate
P. H. Judge
T. F. McLain
A. T. Stiver
A. H. Buck
Pat Brady
Chas. Otis
Brit
Eliza A. Doggett
J. &. Hestetter
Rhs
Lillian C. Hostetter
Chas. Barnes
Mary Coady-Hopkins
Georgia Arrick
W. F. Shaw
T. W. Babins
Charlotte Judge
Susie Judge
Maggie C. Vate
Aya
Aes Cena
Ader
Hamilton
L. H. Pammel
Elitsie Hill
A. E. Ross
Cole
Wm. Clark
M. Brooks
H. J. Birkestrand
John Tweet
M. K. Smith
H. G. Erb
Are
Jas. Bates
Jiton
G. W. Lyman
Goble
Geo. Goble
Arvilla Goble
We Millie
Eter Christofferson
Dsg
Alonzo J. Barkley
H. A. Gentry
Jacob Gunder
Gilbert
Frank Curtiss
T. Hardecastle
C. F. Ruth
M. J. Daily
Nan A. Kyle
H. M. Stultz
W. H. Mills
A. S. Hitchcock
Washington
Call
Win . Graves
College ‘Arm
Ga. PD. Rowe
Sarah McMichael
Chas. Loring
Webster City
J. A
E. A. Kingspies
Kingsbury
Rs. J. Y Kingsbury
Ha Hoover
Veerly Mabie
Tutner
L. Hi. Pammel
J. M. Lyon
M. F
Scott
P. Kintzley
E. Ageton
M. J. Jonson
W. Clark
R. Briley
Nel Scoates
Shepard
Walter Morris team flees crash near Kellogg and Onondaga
Saturday a Walter Morris team frightened at Kellogg avenue and Onondaga street circled the corner then ran west toward The Intelligencer office. They were caught by Frank Morris. Mr. Morris and his son escaped unharmed though the buggy was demolished.
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Walter Morris
Kellogg Avenue
Onondaga Street
Intelligencer Office
Frank Morris
Dieffenbacher Compares Ames Crowds to Iowa’s Past
Jo Dieffenbacher asserts that the crowd in Ames Saturday surpassed the entire state population when he first arrived in Iowa in 1862. The remark links local turnout to historical benchmarks and highlights Ames as a growing center.
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Jo Dieffenbacher
Dieffenbacher
Ames
Iowa
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Alfred H. Munn
W. W. Sylvester
C. B. Holmes
Munn
Moingona Bridge
W. J. Semmons
Karl Smith
Will Hauser
Percy Ellis
States of the Union
Old Agricultural Building
Capt
Herman Knapp
F. R. Conaway
W. H. Stevenson
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington, D
James Wilson